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National News Roundup
COVID-19 News and Updates
Science and Technology
Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
On This Day
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OUTLOOK
An unstable atmosphere will develop today ahead of a cold front, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to the area, and potentially a few strong to severe storms. Relatively dry high pressure returns Tuesday into Wednesday. A subtropical airmass will spread over the area Thursday, bringing hot weather to the area which will last into the weekend, along with seasonable chances for showers and storms.
• The nation marks 1,000,000 Americans lost to COVID-19 [Macon Media]
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Local Weather
General Forecast Through Tuesday Night
Franklin Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the lower 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Highlands Plateau
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows around 50. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the lower 50s.
Otto and South Central Macon County
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Mostly sunny, with highs near 80. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low to mid 50s. Winds out of the northwest around 5 mph becoming calm before midnight.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs near 80.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
Nantahala Area
Today
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8am. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid 70s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west around 5 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with lows in the low-to-mid 50s. Light winds out of the northwest.
Tuesday
Sunny, with highs in the mid 70s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with lows in the mid 50s.
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Hazards and Tropical Weather
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop today along and ahead of a cold front. Cloud-to-ground lightning will be possible with any of the thunderstorms. A few of the storms also could produce severe weather, in the form of damaging wind gusts and large hail.
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Almanac
24 Hour Smoke Forecast
There are no expected smoke fields to be crossing Macon County today, so no map was produced.
Record Weather Events for May 16th
Record weather events for this date in Macon County
(1872-2016)
Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1962
Lowest Temperature 29°F in Highlands in 1904
Greatest Rainfall 3.11 inches in Highlands in 1955
Greatest Snowfall (no measurable snowfall has been recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)
Record weather events for May in Macon County
Weather Extremes for Macon County for the month of May Data available from 1873 to 2018 Highest Temperature 92°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-20-1996
Lowest Temperature 23°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station on 05-02-1963
Greatest Rainfall 5.97 inches in Highlands on 05-30-2018
Greatest Snowfall 2.5 inches in Highlands on 05-07-1992
All-time record weather events for Macon County
Highest Temperature 101°F in Franklin on Jul 29, 1952
Lowest Temperature -19°F in Highlands on Jan 21, 1985
Greatest Rainfall 21.15 inches in Highlands on Jul 29, 1879
Greatest One-Day Snowfall 25.5 inches at the Coweeta Experimental Station on Mar 13, 1993
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Macon Calendar
(send your event to calendar@maconmedia.com)
Wednesday, May 18th
Vaya Health Class - Bipolar Disorder and Extreme Mood Variation – Is There Stability?
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room
Please register for this in-person VAYA Health class at https://www.vayahealth.com/calendar/ or call the library 828-524-3600.
Whether you are the caregiver of someone with bipolar disorder or an individual living with the inability to maintain a consistent mood, feeling 'stable' is often an infrequent reality. This class examines features and symptoms of the different types of the disorder. It also addresses causes, risk factors, and, most importantly, treatment. Specific focus is placed on the impact for the geriatric population.
This is a free event facilitated by the Vaya Health GERO team. CEU’s are provided through NC Department of Health and Human Services. If you're not able to attend this event, or you'd like to see what else they have to offer, feel free to visit https://www.vayahealth.com/calendar/ to sign up for free webinars offered by Vaya Health.
Friday, May 20th
Questions about Mental Health? with NAMI Appalachian South
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room
NAMI Appalachian South (National Alliance on Mental Illness) representatives will be showing films and answering questions about mental health and local resources.
Please visit our Mental Wellness display of books, films, and information about local mental health resources.
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Local and State News
• State to take over social services in North Carolina county [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Thousand-plus rally for abortion rights at ‘Bans Off Our Bodies’ march in Raleigh [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Bill that would end schools sending lunch debt to collection agencies passes House, Senate [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Word from the Smokies: DLiA brings aspiring naturalists together for eco-adventure[Asheville Citizen-Times]
Rifle Salute at Annual Law Enforcement Memorial Service
Full video of the ceremony will be published later today.
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - Regular Meeting May 2022 [Macon Media]
• Franklin Town Council - Special Called Meeting Monday, May 9, 2022 [Macon Media]
• Macon County Board of Commissioners - April 2022 Regular Meeting [Macon Media]
• Interactive map: average date of last spring freeze across the United States [Climate.gov]
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Special Section: Russo-Ukrainian War Updates
(sharing of a particular source is not an endorsement)
(Longer videos are in the Russo-Ukraine Videos section)
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 14 [Institute for the Study of War]
NATO talks on Russia-Ukraine war: Key takeaways | DW News
• Ukrainian political sociologist: This is a war of leadership failures at many levels [Courthouse News Service]
JOMINI OF THE WEST MAP (May 11th)
1/ Ukrainian TVD, Day 77-79. The past 72 hrs has seen the Ukrainian military press the advantages made by their limited Kharkiv counteroffensive to push Russian forces into the Belgorod Oblast. Russian offensive action along the Siverskyi Donets Line has achieved little success. pic.twitter.com/4eMsKr7IPq
— Jomini of the West (@JominiW) May 14, 2022
• NATO's Stoltenberg says Russia's Ukraine offensive not going to plan [Reuters]
• How humanitarian aid makes its way from Germany to Ukraine [DW News]
• Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 81 [Al Jazeera]
• Russian Soldiers Shot Three Brothers and Threw Them in a Ditch. One Survived. [Wall Street Journal]
• Flood saves Ukrainian village from Russian occupation [Teuters]
News from Russian or pro-Russian outlets or Video About the Russian Perspective
• US ready to provide military support to new NATO hopefuls [Russia Today]
• Polish President Duda: Russia will be forced to pay indemnity to Ukraine [Pravda ]
• EU foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine, sixth package of sanctions on Monday — official [TASS Russian News Agency]
The Ukraine War From Russia's Perspective
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National and World News Roundup
• Election Officials Steel Themselves for Threats as Midterm Season Gears Up [Wall Street Journal]
• Taxpayers Pony Up To Give All House Staff Peloton Memberships [Washington Free Beacon]
• Laguna Woods Church Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 5 Hurt [KNBC-TV (Los Angeles)]
• 2 dead, 3 hurt in shooting at Houston flea market [ABC News]
• Internet troll faces trial after Capitol riot plea fizzles [AP News]
Roe v Wade Opinion Leak (Read the Draft Opinion for Yourself)
Read the leaked your at Google Drive or below:
Eye on the Fourth Estate
[Definition]
• Buffalo's worst mass shooting takes 10 lives, leaves 3 wounded; attack called 'a racially motivated hate crime' [The Buffalo News]
• Mass Shooting Apparently Planned On Discord, Streamed On Twitch, Investigated As Hate Crime [Kotaku]
President Biden plans to visit Buffalo following mass shooting | CBS New York
Global National: May 15, 2022 | Buffalo residents mourn victims of supermarket shooting
NBC Nightly News Full Broadcast - May 15th, 2022
PBS NewsHour Full Episode May 15th, 2022
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COVID-19 News and Updates
Here is a section on COVID-19. It includes local, regional, state, national, and global items.
COVID-19 Numbers for Macon County: [November 18, 2021]
• WHO Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard [World Health Organization]
Globally, as of 3:39pm CEST, 13 May 2022, there have been 517,648,631 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,261,708 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 10 May 2022, a total of 11,655,356,423 vaccine doses have been administered.
In United States of America, from 3 January 2020 to 3:39pm CEST, 13 May 2022, there have been 81,417,085 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 991,595 deaths, reported to WHO. As of 6 May 2022, a total of 570,102,931 vaccine doses have been administered.
• SARS-CoV-2 evolution and patient immunological history shape the breadth and potency of antibody-mediated immunity [BioArxiv]
• ‘Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US [The Guardian]
• How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans [New York Times]
• This is how many lives could have been saved with COVID vaccinations in each state [NPR]
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Science and Technology News Roundup
• Mass Shooting Apparently Planned On Discord, Streamed On Twitch, Investigated As Hate Crime [Kotaku]
• EU Proposes It’s Own Version Of EARN IT: Effectively Mandates Full Surveillance Of All Messaging & No Encryption [TechDirt]
• University of Cambridge researchers use algae to power computer [BBC News]
• A quick guide to the most important AI law you’ve never heard of [MIT Techynology Review]
• Free, legally available series/movies on YouTube in a Netlflix-like interface [Lamplight TV]
Podcasts and Long Form Videos
Anything from educational, entertainment, history, current events and technology
India’s Semiconductor Savior?
NVIDIA's New View | LINUX Unplugged 458
Fermi Paradox: The Great Filter is Near
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Russo-Ukrainian War Videos (mostly long form)
--> Russia out of Kharkiv + Ukraine wins ESC + NATO meets in Berlin | Ukraine Update
War in Ukraine: why is Russia’s army so weak? | The Economist
Russia estimated to have lost a third of its ground combat force in Ukraine | BBC News
Missiles hit military target in Lviv region hours after Ukraine wins Eurovision • FRANCE 24
How Bellingcat is using TikTok to investigate the war in Ukraine | 60 Minutes
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On This Day
May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 229 days remain until the end of the year.
Historical Events
Historical Events
(Please note that the Wikipedia articles often contain a bibliography and links to where you can learn more about a historical event)
946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. 955 - Octavian, son of Duke Alberic II of Spoleto, elected Pope John XII 1165 - Ramjbam & his family reach Acre Palestine 1204 – Having been elected on May 9, Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. 1426 – Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava. 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic. 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England. 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England. 1584 – Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines. 1739 – The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army. 1770 – The 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste, who later becomes king of France. 1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina. 1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera. 1812 – Imperial Russia signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. The Ottoman Empire cedes Bessarabia to Russia. 1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli. 1832 – Juan Godoy discovers the rich silver outcrops of Chañarcillo sparking the Chilean silver rush. 1834 – The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal. 1842 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers. 1860 - Republican convention in Chicago selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate 1861 - American Civil War: Major General Twiggs surrenders to Confederate Army in San Antonio, Texas 1866 – The United States Congress establishes the nickel. 1868 – The United States Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote. 1874 – A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people. 1877 – The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France. 1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. 1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today). 1916 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria. 1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later. 1919 – A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight. 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc. 1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place. 1943 – The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends. 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines. 1959 – The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time. 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. 1961 – Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea. 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. 1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus. 1974 – Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia. 1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine. 1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress. 1995 - Japanese police arrest cult leader Shoko Asahara & charged him with Nerve-gas attack on Tokyo's subways two months earlier 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country. 2003 – In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. 2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote. 2011 – STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour. 2014 – Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya. 2019 - US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency over IT threats, banning US companies from using foreign technology without a license 2020 - 118-year old American department store JC Penney files for bankruptcy
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